Editing Net Book Agreement (section)

{{Short description|Book price system in the UK and Ireland}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
The '''Net Book Agreement''' (NBA) was a [[fixed book price agreement]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] between [[The Publishers Association]] and [[bookseller]]s which set the prices at which [[book]]s were to be sold to the public. The agreement was concerned solely with price maintenance.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Publishers Association 1896-1946|last=Kingsford|first=R.J.L.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1970|isbn=0-521-07756-7|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/publishersassoci0000king/page/209 209]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/publishersassoci0000king/page/209}}</ref> It operated in the UK from 1900 until the 1990s when it was abandoned by some large bookshop chains and was then ruled illegal. The net book agreement has not been in operation in Ireland since the early 90s.